Lawn-edge trimmer.



'PATENTBD APR. 26, 1904.

A. E. FULLER. LAWN EDGE TRIMMER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

1 Moms PETE UNITED STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT. OFFICE.

LAWN-EDGE TRIMMER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,310, dated April26, 1904. Application filed July 11,1903. Serial No. 165,134. (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. FULLER, a citi zen of the United States,and a resident of Danvers, in the county of Essex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLawn-Edge Trimmers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in lawn-edge trimmers for thepurpose of cutting and trimming the edges of grass lawns, garden-walks,borders, &c.; and it is carried out as follows, reference being bad tothe accompanying drawings, wherein drawings.

In thedrawings, A represents the handlebar, provided at its upper endwith a suitable handle B, as is common in devices of this kind. Toopposite sides of the lower end of the bar A are secured metal plates CD, to the lower ends of which is journaled upon a pin a the wheel E, asshown.

Integral with or secured to the metal plate or strap D is made a lateraloutwardly-projecting bracket d, to which the edge-trimmer blade isattached. Said cutter-blade is made :Ishaped in section and composed ofa vertical trimmer-blade F, havinginclined cutting edges f, the ends ofwhich extend at right angles, as shown at F F, and provided withsharpened edges f f, as shown in the drawings.

G in Fig. 3 represents the grass lawn the edge of which is to betrimmed.

In using the device the operator takes hold of the handle B and pushesthe device in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. l and guides thecutter-blade F close upto the edge of the grass border G that is to betrimmed, causing a vertical out to be'made in the sward, by which aportion thereof is severed with a drawing out by reason of theinclination of the cutting edge f. The portion of the turf thus cut awayby said blade. F is detached from the main portionof the lawn by thehorizontal portion F, which I term the lifter or slicer, andloy thisoperation I am enabled to trim the edge of a lawn, walk, border, &c., bysimply guiding the device and pushing it forward, as above described.

. In practice I prefer to secure the cutterblade F in an adjustablemanner to the bracket dthat is, I provide means for adjusting the saidblade on the bar A to and from thecenter of the Wheel E, as shown,according to the height of the personoperatingthe device; Thus for atall person I secure the cutterblade a little nearer to the center ofthe wheel E, and when used by a shorter person I secure saidcutter-bladea little farther away from the center of said wheel E, so as to causethe angular lifter or slicer blade F to be guided properly relative tothe depth of the cut that is being made and the thickness of the slicedturf portion that is to be detached. In prac tice I make for thispurpose, preferably, slot ted perforations f f in the blade Fand securethe latter in an adjustable manner to the bracket cl by means offastening-bolts d cl, as shown.

By having lifter or slicer projections F in both ends of theedge-trimmer blade F the handle-bar A may be swung to the position shownin dotted lines in Fig. 1 when it isdesired to push the device in anopposite direction.

The invention is very simple in construction and can be easily operatedfor the purpose of readily trimming the edges of lawns, &c., ashereinabove shownand described.

What I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim is- 1. A lawn-edgetrimmer, consisting of a handle bar or frame and plates or strapssecured to its lower end, and a wheel journaled thereon, in combinationwith a vertical cutter blade F, secured at one side of said frame 'orbar, and having angular lifter or slicer blades F, F, at its ends,substantially as and slicer blades F, F, at its ends, substantially forthe purpose set forth. as and for the purpose set fort 2. A lawn-edgetrimmer, consisting of a In testimony whereof I have aflixed my sigframeor bar, and a wheel journaled at its nature in presence of twowitnesses.

5 lower end, combined with a lateral bracket or ARTHUR E. FULLER.

projection d, secured to one side of said frame Witnesses: or bar, and avertical cutter-blade F, secured ALBAN ANDRnN,

to said bracket and having angular lifter or ELLEN O. VVILLIAMs.

